Two Guernsey Special Olympic golfers qualify for Nationals

Two Guernsey County Special Olympics athletes have qualified for the Nationals by competing at the Ohio Special Olympics State Golf Tournament earlier this fall at Meadow Links in Cincinnati.

Will Emler and Randy Sudduth each earned gold medals at the state tournament, which makes them eligible to be chosen to represent Ohio in Trenton, New Jersey, in 2013.

National berths are chosen from the gold medal winners at the state level by lottery, and each state brings 2-3 athletes to Nationals in Golf. Guernsey County Special Olympics will be notified after the drawing if our athletes were selected.

Emler and Sudduth are both singles golfers, meaning that they golf independently without a unified partner. The state tournament takes place every year at Meadow Links Golf Course in Cincinnati. Athletes qualify for state meet by attending rea tournaments.

The area tournament took place in Wooster, and in addition to Emler and Sudduth, local athletes attending included Jason Hall, Scott Gadd, Ben Harding, Jason Chewning and Ron Reis. Philip Day and Bob Derwort were unable to attend.